The following is an archived discussion of a featured article nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The article was not promoted by Ian Rose 10:02, 22 February 2014 (UTC) [1].[reply]


Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution[edit]

Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Nominator(s): HectorMoffet (talk) 01:54, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Current GA that has undergone extensive improvements since passing GA. HectorMoffet (talk) 01:54, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Image review by Cirt[edit]

  1. File:Great Seal of the United States (obverse).svg = image hosted on Wikimedia Commons, image checks out on image page.
  2. File:Bill of Rights Pg1of1 AC.jpg = picture from Commons, appropriately licensed.
  3. File:Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden by Nathaniel Dance, (later Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, Bt).jpg = image from Commons, checks out okay.
  4. File:James Otis.jpg = picture at Commons, image checks out alright.
  5. File:James Madison.jpg = image at Commons, file page checks out okay.
  6. File:US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart - 1976 official portrait.jpg = image at Commons, image checks out okay.

Image review completed. All images hosted on Wikimedia Commons. All images have appropriate licensing there. — Cirt (talk) 18:34, 1 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sources review by Cirt[edit]

Sources review spotchecks:

  1. Reference note (1) confirms the quote from the United States Bill of Rights.
  2. Reference note (14) confirms info from the Constitution of Massachusetts.
  3. Reference note (27) helpfully provides the reader with a check to the U.S. Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio.
  4. Reference note (43) gives information regarding the case Smith v. Maryland via the Oyez Project.
  5. Reference note (58) confirms material to the Arkansas News Bureau.

So yes, the spot checks confirm the info, but I found one instance leading me to believe the entire article needs to be gone over with a fine-tooth comb for potential close paraphrasing of sources.Cirt (talk) 18:11, 2 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I was asked to look in on this article. Please notify me once it's passed the spot check, so I know I'm reviewing something that has a chance of passing. Thanks.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:00, 6 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, Wehwalt, per Moonriddengirl, this above issue is now resolved ! :) Please see her comment. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 18:44, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
To be more clear from above: Spot check passed. Sources review done. Cheers, — Cirt (talk) 18:56, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note the nominator says he is "demoralised and retired" on his userpage.—indopug (talk) 18:33, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The nominator has since been blocked indef. — Cirt (talk) 12:25, 15 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Block is still in effect and I see no-one offering to assume the responsibility for this nom -- nor would I expect that necessarily -- so I'll be archiving this shortly. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 15:14, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this page.